Diversity and specificity of ant-plant interactions in canopy communities: insights from primary and secondary tropical forests in New Guinea

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781316671825.003" target="_blank" >10.1017/9781316671825.003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Diversity and specificity of ant-plant interactions in canopy communities: insights from primary and secondary tropical forests in New Guinea

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this chapter I review current knowledge of changes due to tropical forest disturbance and fragmentation in ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the canopies of primary and disturbed (secondary and logged) forest ecosystems. Furthermore, I examine arboreal ant communities and their host trees in primary and secondary lowland forest in New Guinea, where a plot- based census of all tree-dwelling ants and their nests was conducted. I show how the diversity and host-specificity of the interactions between ants, their host tree species and nest microhabitats change between the two forest stages, and discuss potential consequences for the conservation of diverse canopy communities. My results show that environmental predictors explain a similar proportion (12%) of the variance in ant community composition in both primary and secondary forests. Most of this variance is linked to tree size and nest site variability, whereas the effect of tree host species themselves on ants is very low (1%). Primary forests support a greater variability of microhabitats, and the rarity of some nest sites in secondary forests can result in the loss of particular ant taxa.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Diversity and specificity of ant-plant interactions in canopy communities: insights from primary and secondary tropical forests in New Guinea

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this chapter I review current knowledge of changes due to tropical forest disturbance and fragmentation in ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the canopies of primary and disturbed (secondary and logged) forest ecosystems. Furthermore, I examine arboreal ant communities and their host trees in primary and secondary lowland forest in New Guinea, where a plot- based census of all tree-dwelling ants and their nests was conducted. I show how the diversity and host-specificity of the interactions between ants, their host tree species and nest microhabitats change between the two forest stages, and discuss potential consequences for the conservation of diverse canopy communities. My results show that environmental predictors explain a similar proportion (12%) of the variance in ant community composition in both primary and secondary forests. Most of this variance is linked to tree size and nest site variability, whereas the effect of tree host species themselves on ants is very low (1%). Primary forests support a greater variability of microhabitats, and the rarity of some nest sites in secondary forests can result in the loss of particular ant taxa.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GB14-36098G" target="_blank" >GB14-36098G: Centrum pro tropickou biologii</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems

ISBN

978-1-10715-975-4

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

26-51

Počet stran knihy

470

Název nakladatele

Cambridge University Press

Místo vydání

Cambridge

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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